History of the Plague in London by Daniel Defoe
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their coaches be well aired, and have stood unemployed by the space
of five or six days after such service. ORDERS FOR CLEANSING AND KEEPING OF THE STREETS SWEPT. _The Streets to be kept Clean._ First, it is thought necessary, and so ordered, that every householder do cause the street to be daily prepared before his door, and so to keep it clean swept all the week long. _That Rakers take it from out the Houses._ That the sweeping and filth of houses be daily carried away by the rakers, and that the raker shall give notice of his coming by the blowing of a horn, as hitherto hath been done. _Laystalls_[85] _to be made far off from the City._ That the laystalls be removed as far as may be out of the city and common passages, and that no nightman or other be suffered to empty a vault into any vault or garden near about the city. _Care to be had of Unwholesome Fish or Flesh, and of Musty Corn._ That special care be taken that no stinking fish, or unwholesome flesh, or musty corn, or other corrupt fruits, of what sort soever, be suffered to be sold about the city or any part of the same. That the brewers and tippling-houses be looked unto for musty and |
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